Recent content by Baron Opal II

Well, no. Every skill could be useful. There are two kinds of characters- those that interact with the world physically, and those who don't. Depending on your game that could be wizards, mad scientists, psykers, ship engineers, force users, what have you. In a skill based game, like...

"Yes, but..." When writing my bespoke version it was my intent at first to have Rogues be the "Everyman" class. They were a jack-of-trades class; survival was not through skill of arms, a Patron's favor, or knowledge of the arcane, but through grit and luck. The knew things, had contacts, and...

I like thieves, but because they have a niche: urban stealth. This is often expanded to criminal contacts and techniques. They are not "skill monkeys" in my mind. That's not a niche, that's a rules mechanic. They don't have spells, certainly, but their abilities are greater than just a...

Any, really. At this point either B/X or 5.5e depending on the players and what their comfortable with. If I was going to just make up some kind of delve from base principles it would involve a town over here, and adventure zone (dungeon or whatever) over there, and about a week of travel...

There was something I read long ago, I think a restaurant that served a number of exotic dishes that were actually harmful to other species. RuneQuest I think. Along with a series of liquors from the Arduin Grimoire, mashing both of those together could have some interesting flavor (ha!) to...

Ha! I was working at an arcade and in the back room trying to fix some mechanical doober. The back door opens and this tall guy in street clothes just wanders in. I knew he didn't work there and some other store in our wing was broken into a couple days prior. I shouted and grabbed a fistful of...

True. One interesting thing was a table I remember which had resistances for the various energy types for outer planar creatures. The one constant was that they were all equally susceptible to magic missles. I appreciated that.

There are definite rivalrys. I remember when I worked at a used bookstore in a mall. The owner had little time to spare the comic book seller at the end of the hall because they both were trying to branch out into RPGs. There was a little friction there. I could see something similar between...

Have they reprinted the base book, yet? Can't find a copy of that, although I picked up the British book. I'll probably get the Carpathian book as well. I, too, enjoy the art and it's a more mechanically light system I could get in to.

For me, if you don't have weather or adverse environments in your game, the tiny hut spell becomes or should become irrelevant. The original intent was to make exploration easier by mitigating or eliminating hostile environments. Aside from making it similar to a cozy, relatively spacious tent...

"Yes, but..." I've nerfed it to be what it once was, a very handy magical tent. It's a curiosity until the party had to hike across an arctic / glacier climate. Then it was indispensable in saving resources.

What relationship do you see between fae and elementals, if any?

One thing I've seen repeated is the importance of good manners and gifts. Pay them respect, and they will at least listen to you. Keeping a bottle of the village's fine beer can be a fine gift if a fae is angry at you. It might be in their nature to accept the gift reflexively, before they can...

I've been thinking on how to put a more interesting framework for Faerie and their kin. At the moment I only have two solid things; they must follow agreements literally and have little conception of time. Agreements are always followed as spoken, literally, but usually non-maliciously unlike...

With one of my daughters being a clown, I can tell you it varies. :)